Springtails (Collembola)

Springtails are quite endearing to me but most are very challenging to identify. There is a good key in the Aidgap series by the late Steve Hopkin and for some of the more conspicuous species there are some handy hints on the NatureSpot website.

I'll be adding a few more to this page in due course but for now just new ones as I find them.

Isotomurus maculatus

Dicyrtomina saundersi

Sminthurinus aureus

Sminthurinus elegans